Chronological science Weblog/Links

Wilderness Lake to Tailings Pond: Rubber-stamp June 17, 2008 :: Federal Bureaucrats are allowed to redefine lakes and rivers as "tailing containment facilities" (aka toxic waste dumps for mining debris) and are doing just that to a bunch of lakes and...

Spontaneous Universes? June 10, 2008 :: Apparently more observation and data-processing of the microwave background radiation reveals evidence for time existing before the big bang and spontaneous formation of universes from "parent"...

Lotsa Meat equals lotsa cancer July 13, 2007 :: Study links breast cancer to "Western" (high meat, high sugar) diet. The study compared post-menopausal women living in Shanghai who ate a "meat-sweet" diet high in meat, dairy,...

Buttery flavoured lung disease May 08, 2007 :: The flavouring agent most used to cause a buttery sensation in microwave popcorn (yuck!) causes a weird, rare lung condition which basically plugs your lungs. Mostly, this affects the people...

Mercury-in-fish global health problem March 08, 2007 :: Pregnant women (or women planning to get pregnant at any point) should avoid fish, most especially larger predators (tuna, etcetera) and carefully monitor intake of other fish like perch...

Biggest Invetebrate Ever March 08, 2007 :: Fishermen off the coast of New Zealand have found the largest invetebrate ever, weighing in at almost one thousdand pounds! Scientists have believed that squid could grow to this...

ADD drugs to finally get warnings February 22, 2007 :: The drugs used to treat ADD (aka ADHD) (1%-2% of north american kids are prescribed one) are (finally!) going to get warnings about cardiac and psychiatric risks in the US; Canada isued ...

Chimps hunting with spears February 22, 2007 :: Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed using sharpened sticks to hunt other, smaller, primates.